Myanmar Military

'Saw people cut to pieces’: How Myanmar military uses deadly airstrikes on civilians to quell rebellion

At least 100 people died on Tuesday after the Myanmar junta carried out an airstrike in the Sagaing region. Since the 2021 coup, there have been over 600 aerial attacks against civilians, as an attempt to crush dissent and opposition

Myanmar regime to let 'loyal' civilians carry licensed arms

Experts worry that allowing civilians to carry guns would empower pro-junta groups and only serve to escalate the violence and near-daily clashes between the military and armed resistance forces that have raged nationwide.

In a first in 50 years, Myanmar executes NLD lawmaker, three other political opponents

The four were executed "in accordance with legal procedures" for directing and organising "violent and inhuman accomplice acts of terrorist killings," the state-run media said

Peace eludes Myanmar a year after military coup as junta's crackdown continues

Military’s use of force to hold on to power has escalated conflict with its civilian opponents, to the point that some experts describe the country as being in a state of civil war

Pay your power bill or pay with your life, Myanmar soldiers warn citizens

For weeks, residents say, troops have been going door to door alongside power company workers to extract payments in major urban areas, including the nation’s two largest cities, Yangon and Mandalay

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to prison for four years by Myanmar junta

Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to two years for incitement against the military and another two years for breaching a natural disaster law relating to COVID

Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country to quash dissent, shows investigation

The Myanmar military has a long history of torture, particularly before the country began transitioning toward democracy in 2010.  However, its use has once again returned across the country

ASEAN summit begins without Myanmar after bloc excludes junta chief from meet

Myanmar’s refusal to let a special envoy meet ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi prompted the group to exclude junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from this week's summit

In sharpest rebuke, ASEAN downgrades Myanmar's presence in upcoming summit

The ASEAN will invite a non-political representative instead of Myanmar's military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the grouping's chair Brunei said.

What Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with and punishment she faces if convicted

The sedition charge calls for up to two years' imprisonment for anyone found guilty of causing fear or alarm that could cause an offence against the State or public tranquility